HVE EDSMAC4 trailer model simulation comparison with crash test data.

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Leonard, M.M. Croteau, J.J. Werner, S.M. Tuskan, S.M. & Habberstad, J.L.
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Abstract

Engineering Dynamics Corporation (ECD) recently updated the Human, Vehicle, Environment (HVE) software program to enable modelling of passenger cars and light trucks towing trailers. This paper reports on a comparison between the HVE EDSMAC4 collision module of the 3-dimensional computer simulation program and instrumented crash tests, in which one vehicle in each test was a pickup truck pulling a trailer. Use of the EDSMAC4 trailer model was found to provide better correlation between the simulation and test damage profiles, rest positions, vehicle trajectories, velocities, and Delta-V. It was also determined that the NHTSA (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) derived stiffness coefficients are sensitive to the impact configuration and depending on the impact configuration, it may be necessary to refine the coefficients according to the configuration. (A)

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C 15775 (In: C 15766 [electronic version only]) /91 / ITRD E106549
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In: Accident reconstruction : analysis, simulation, and visualization : papers presented at the SAE 2000 World Congress, Detroit, Michigan, March 6-9, 2000, SAE Technical Paper 2000-01-0468, p. 103-129, 4 ref.

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